LIFE ON MISSION–Pray

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We’ve come to the end of a great series on living a life that is focused on us being effective witnesses for Christ. This week, I talked in length about prayer and why it’s so important to keep on praying for those who are distant from God. Check out the outline and the video below.  It was a powerful day, … Read More

LIFE ON MISSION–SHARE

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Wow!  What a challenging series this has been.  Check out the message about sharing the gospel–its outline and video below! LIFE ON MISSION—Sharing Romans 10:14  “How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching … Read More

December 2013 Volunteer of the Month

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Tim Adams is Volunteer of the Month at First Assembly Community Ministries for the month of December 2013!  Beyond being a key player in the youth ministries and children’s ministries teams, Tim is a minister with the Assemblies of God.  He and his bride, Elizabeth Adams bring energy and enthusiasm to everything in their lives, and I’m pleased to post … Read More

Dynamic Acts Study on Wednesday Evenings

Robby BradfordBible studies, Bible study, Christian origins, Christianity, discipleship, First Assembly Community Ministries, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, life groups, mission, New TestamentLeave a Comment

On Wednesdays at 6:30 in the sanctuary at First Assembly Community Ministries, we are at the start of a study on the book of Acts.  My Life Group is called “The Source”.  We meet each Wednesday to sing a few songs together, spend some time praying together and then we dive into the New Testament in a verse-by-verse format. The … Read More

The Story: Let the Battle Begin

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Yesterday’s powerful services were a reminder that God is about doing something with us as a community, and not just personally.  Check out the two videos below to hear the messages and taste what God was doing in our midst that day.  The first one is just the message and the second one includes those powerful worship and communion moments … Read More

The Story–10 Commandments

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WOW!  Our special guest speaker on April 28, 2013 spoke about reaching people in places that have never been reached.  He gave two different messages and most everyone there said that missionary’s messages were some of the most powerful they’d heard.  Below the two videos show the two different services with the two different messages that came out of the … Read More

The Online Church We’re Building

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Delivering church services is happening in a progressive, tech-savvy, unexpected way, and we’re in on it.  A while back, we started livestreaming our church services online.  At first there were 20 or 30 people. In December, we added three hi-def cameras and a number of other technological advances to make it possible to deliver a live program of our services … Read More

NEW Look for First Assembly!

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We first unveiled our new logo at church this past Sunday, but in case you weren’t here, here goes the look of a number of our new logos. You’ll see also the plastic surgery we’ve done with our name that helps express all that’s happening at First Assembly–First Assembly Community Ministries.  This helps to capture that First Assembly is a … Read More

EASTER OFFERING

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If you’re a part of Lafayette First Assembly, you likely know that the leadership of our church has planned to receive a special offering on Easter morning during the service.  The reason for this is because we are hoping to generate some financial momentum toward completed renovation on our sanctuary that began years ago and was not quite finished.  Our … Read More